Johnson & Johnson earnings top analysts' estimates

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(New Brunswick, NJ) -- Johnson and Johnson's second quarter earnings are running ahead of analysts' estimates.

J-and-J posted earnings of two-59 a share on sales of 24-point-02 billion dollars from April through June. Earnings were up four-percent and sales were up three-percent over the second quarter of 2021.

Wall Street had estimated earnings of two-54 a share on 23-point-77 billion dollars in sales.